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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 58-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Casaubon and Dorothea's first argument about?
(a) Their honeymoon.
(b) Having children.
(c) Dorothea's education.
(d) Wedding plans.

2. How many wills are read after Featherstone's funeral?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. What rumor actually helps Lydgate's reputation, no matter how much he denies its veracity?
(a) He has a magical scalpel.
(b) He treated the Pope.
(c) He cured a tumor.
(d) He studied medicine in Paris.

4. Chapter 15 provides a brief biography of which character?
(a) Lydgate.
(b) Fred.
(c) Mary.
(d) Bulstrode.

5. What about Lydgate is seen as scandalous by the other doctors in Middlemarch?
(a) The shabbiness of his office.
(b) His desire to autopsy corpses.
(c) His lack of thorough examination.
(d) His level of care.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Bulstrode to try to convince Lydgate not to marry Rosamond?

2. Why does Mr. Brooke disapprove of Dorothea's engagement to Casaubon?

3. What does Sir Chettam offer to Dorothea as a gift?

4. Where is Dorothea at the beginning of Chapter 39?

5. By the end of Chapter 21, what is Edward's primary emotion regarding Will?

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